The strangest kernel message I've ever seen

[me-5yx05kfkO/aqeI1yJSURBw at public.gmane.org (Matthew Gillen)]

(it took me a few times through to see it)
I wonder what behavior that check modifies...

Maybe it enables sanity checks on resource constraints. ;-)

Kristian Hermansen wrote:
> This one is good too.  I saw this many many years ago while building
> from source, and it caught my eye.  Most people don't know about it.
> apt-get moo is fun too, but someone showed me that and I did not find
> it myself...
> 
> ...
> checking login_cap.h presence... no
> checking for login_cap.h... no
> checking sys/sockio.h usability... no
> checking sys/sockio.h presence... no
> checking for sys/sockio.h... no
> checking libgen.h usability... yes
> checking libgen.h presence... yes
> checking for libgen.h... yes
> checking for X11/Xdmcp.h... yes
> checking for XdmcpFlush in -lXdmcp... yes
> checking whether to use TCP wrappers... yes
> nm: fromhost.o: no symbols
> nm: tli.o: no symbols
> nm: myvsyslog.o: no symbols
> checking for hosts_ctl in -lwrap... yes
> checking whether -lwrap also requires -lnsl... no
> checking for corrupt government... yes
> checking for XOpenDevice in -lXi... yes
> checking X11/extensions/XInput.h usability... yes
> checking X11/extensions/XInput.h presence... yes
> checking for X11/extensions/XInput.h... yes
> checking for XineramaQueryExtension in -lXinerama... yes
> checking for X11/extensions/Xinerama.h... yes
> checking for Xinerama support on XFree86... yes
> checking for X11/extensions/dmxext.h... yes
> checking for DMXQueryExtension in -ldmx... yes
> checking for zenity... no
> checking for Solaris fbconsole... no
> checking for Solaris auditing API... no
> checking for Solaris di_devperm_login... checking for di_devperm_login
> in -ldevinfo... no
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating Makefile
> config.status: creating daemon/Makefile
> config.status: creating gui/Makefile
> config.status: creating gui/faces/Makefile
> ...


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